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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Worcester County, Maryland, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Habitational surname from two minor places near Little Tew and Steeple Barton, both in Oxfordshire, from Old English seofon (“seven”) + wella (“well, spring, stream”).

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.